The Chinese mainland recorded 312 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 262 attributed to local transmissions and 50 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Friday.

A total of 1,316 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Thursday, and 22,447 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.  

The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 241,348, with the death toll from COVID-19 standing at 5,226.  

The latest tally of confirmed cases in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan region is as follows:  

Hong Kong: 378,139 (72,972 recoveries, 9,643 deaths)  

Macao: 793 (785 recoveries, six deaths)  

Taiwan: 5,142,279 (13,742 recoveries, 9,728 deaths)